The Wind Value and H-Wind Research Projects Present the Industry Meets Academia Summer Seminar
The Wind Value and H-Wind Summer Seminar presented two topics, a technical study on hydrogen in co-generation engines and a proposal to use compliance bonds to encourage a circular economy on Thursday 31st August 2023. Benoit Mayol works for Clarke Energy and is completing his Masters degree in Energy, Environment, and Innovative Materials, at the Université Côte d’Azur. Benoit talked about the use of hydrogen as a fuel which can provide wind energy with a market and address the intermittency problem Slides here, Video here. Kevin Campbell is about to complete a H.Dip. in Sustainability and Climate Action for Enterprise in University College Cork (UCC) and has previously worked in the finance industry. Kevin talked about the use of financial bonds which pay out on successful recycling/repurposing/reuse of individual parts of wind turbines Slides here, Video here. Both Kevin and Benoit have been working on the Wind Value project during the summer of 2023. The seminar was held online using Teams and in-person at the Environmental Research Institute, of UCC. A report of the event is available here.
| 11:45 | Tea and Coffee | Ellen Hutchins Reading Room |
| 12:00 | Introduction: Paul Leahy PI of H-Wind | Room 1.28 |
| 12:05 | Benoit Mayol | Presentation: Technical Study on Hydrogen and Co-generation Engines Slides here, Video here |
| 12:25 | Questions and Discussions | |
| 12:35 | Kevin Campbell | Presentation: Compliance Bonds as a mechanism for incentivising a circular economy Slides here, Video here |
| 12:50 | Questions and Discussions | |
| 13:00 | Conclusion: Peter Deeney PI of Wind Value | |
| Lunch | Ellen Hutchins Reading Room |
The Wind Value project is funded by the Irish Research Council under the Pathway Programme: IRC*21/PATH-A/9348
The H-Wind project is funded by Science Foundation Ireland (SFI) and Industry Partners – DP Energy, ESB, Equinor ASA, Gas Networks Ireland
